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VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer)

Posted by Zonk on from the i-do-enjoy-a-good-free-server-product dept.

yahyamf writes "CNET News.com is reporting that in the face of increasing competition in the OS virtualization market VMWare is going to give away its GSX server product for free, in the hope that customers who try it will eventually migrate to the more powerful ESX server. The company recently released a free VMWare Player which could only run but not create virtual machines. The company faces competition from rival products such as SWsoft's Virtuozzo, Mircrosoft's Virtual Server, as well as open source software like Xen"

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  1. Re:Mmm? by Merle+Darling · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, whoever modded the parent Troll is a fucking moron. Mod, please promise me you won't breed.

    THIS post, on the other hand, could be considered a Troll or at least Flamebait. Of course with mods like these it'll probably wind up Insightful or Funny or something equally retarded. Go figure.

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  2. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck does "free as in beer" mean? Honestly, someone always has to buy the beer. Slashdot, home of the nonsensical analogy.

  3. Going to .... by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm going to the moon.

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  4. Dear VMWare Employees by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You work in an asbestos-polluted building. Superfund site. FYI.

  5. Re:Mmm? by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!! I almost spit soup reading your post. Nice one.

    Sera

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